State of Louisiana v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters'1 statement of tbe case : Tbe following are tbe facts of tbis case as found by tbe court. I. That tbe amount found by tbe Commissioner of tbe General Land Office June 30,1885, to be due tbe State of Louisiana from the United States on account of indemnity for swamp lands purchased by individuals within said State prior to March 3,1857, is $23,855.04. (9 Stat. L., 510; 10 id., 634; 11 id., 251.) II.
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The Reporters'1 statement of tbe case : Tbe following are tbe facts of tbis case as found by tbe court. I. That tbe amount found by tbe Commissioner of tbe General Land Office June 30,1885, to be due tbe State of Louisiana from the United States on account of indemnity for swamp lands purchased by individuals within said State prior to March 3,1857, is $23,855.04. (9 Stat. L., 510; 10 id., 634; 11 id., 251.) II. That the amount found due the State of Louisiana from the United States on account of the 5 per cent, fund, accruing between July 1, 1882, and June 30, 1886, is $47,530.79. (2 Stat.…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
The State of Louisiana in September, 1886, filed a petition in this court, alleging against the United States two causes of action, the first founded on the statute of February 20, 1811, entitled “An act to enable the people of the Territory of Orleans to form a constitution and State government” (2 Stat. L., •641), the last section of which reads as follows:
“And be it further enacted, That 5 per cent, of the net proceeds of the sales of the lands of the United States after the '1st day of January shall be applied to laying out and constructing public roads and levees in the said State as the…
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